Publisher's Synopsis
Under the shadow of the ongoing blitz in London, the willful grandchildren of Sir Richard Marsh have gathered for the finalising of the patriarch's will. Frustrated with the disrespectful behaviour of his heirs, Marsh seems to resolve to cut them all out of their inheritance and descends to his outhouse to make the final arrangements. When he is discovered murdered by strychnine injection, Brand's series sleuth Inspector Cockrill has his work cut out for him to find anything close to a plausible solution.
